St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-30
MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

But few of the gushing maidens who
went into ecstasieS over the 1.-THE figure and
smiling countenance Of S. Miller Kent, who
recently appeared here with James O'Neill
as Albert de Morcef in Monte Cristo,"
would suppose that the tattered robe and
struggling beard of the Able Fara con-
cealed the gaudy uniform and charming
smile of young Kent, who has played this
part during the entire season without being
detected by any of the critics. 1t is very
difficult bit OF work. and Mr.. Kent enacts
the part to perfection. In fact. it is on the
strength of this dual role that Manager A.
NJ. Palmer, of the Madison Square theater,
has engaged him for next season.
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There is positively no truth in the ub-
liShed statement that the hackers of Lillian
Olcott are out $40, 900 on their present
''Theodora'' speculation. This statement
is anything but true as Miss Olcott has
played three return engagements in New
York city alone since the original produc-
ton OF "VictOrien Sardou's" masterpiece at
Niblo's Garden. furthermore, Miss OIcott.
who is personally a very wealthy woman,
has many thousand dollars invested in the
production, SO that the syndicate of Boston
and Brooklyn CAPT talists. who are reported
to be backing the enterprise, might with
draw from the man agement without affect
ing Miss OlcOtt's pc ace of mind in the least.
This clever artistic has already begun nego-
tiationS for the pu rchase of Sardou'S latest
Partisan success, lie Crocodile" which, it
is claimed, has done the largest business of
the year in the gay French capital and
which is quite likely to prove equally as
successful On this side of the water in its
English dress.
Mrs. James Brown Potter, the celebrated
amateur actress who desires to follow in
Mrs. Langtry'S footsteps, will make her
professional debut within fortnight at the
old Haymarket in London. Her first ap-
pearance is looked forward to with no little
interest in New York city, where Mrs.
Potter reigned for the first three seasons as
a leader OF fashionable society. She is ex-
ceedingly beautiful and as she is endowed
with no small degree of talent, it is fair to
presume that her professional debut will be
hailed with braves and braves. inasmuch as
she is reported to be under the especial
patronage of H. R. H., the Prince of Wales,
who launched Mrs. Langtry and other
beautiful aSpirantS for histrionic h0nors, tao
numerous to mention, on their career of
prosperity and renown. Mrs. Potter was
very anxious to make her first appearance
as Francillion, in Alexander Dumas
play OF that name. which has created such
Juror in Paris. The English censor,
however, has strong objections to having
''Francillon" performed in London, hence
Mrs. Potter will have to bide her time
until she can appear in Gotham-where
there are no far-seeing censors to show an
eXpectant and anxious public how nicely
she can lmpersonate Dumas brazen hero
inc.
Sarah Bernhardt, the great, the only
living Sarah, who has Just taken
Washington and New York by storm,
will soon honor the Northwest with
a visit. The theater-going people of
the Twin cities will no doubt show their
hearty appreciation of the great TRACE
dienne's ability by buying up all the best
seats IN the house. but she need not sup
pose for single moment that they will ap-
point committee, as they did in South
America to present her with dozen square
miles, more or less, of valuable grazing
land. That may be all very well down
there, where the boom in trading arid
pampas is at standstill just now. but out
here, where real estate is worth its weight
in gold, people are not quite so gener-
Gus. 1t is also to be deeply regretted
that the divine Sarah did not visit us when
King Boreals reigned supreme-for then
we could have treated her to slide
ON toboggan and made things lively
for her in general. 1t is fair to presume
that she would have enjoyed her slide far
better than ali the bull-fghts she witnessed
In Havana. but then a serious difficulty
might have arisen-curious spectators might
not have been able. oh, horror of horrorsl-
to distinguish the difference 'twiXt the di-
vine Sarah and the toboggan!!
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Airy. fairy Lillian is at it again. This
time Lillian Russell is accused of causing
dlscord in the rank and file of the Duff
Opera company. Harry billiard, the tenor.
has been peremptorily discharged. and after
this week Miss Verona Jarbeaus nar,e will
no longer appear on the play bills. All
this, 1t is claimed. has been brought about
by the fair Lllian's influence on the stern
manager. billiard claims that the trouble
was caused by Russells jealousy of Jar